Seven years ago, the mother of a young patron at the branch I was working at asked if her son could meet with me to learn more about being a librarian. We set a date to meet, had a great conversation and I thought that was the end of it.
So I was surprised when they were recently able to track me down and ask for another meeting. Turns out that young man is now in Grade 11, thinking more seriously about his future career options and that meeting had stuck with him!
We had another visit, I gave him and his mom a bit of insight into the current state of the profession and he even got to witness a real live library incident (“Uhm, have you thought about academic libraries by any chance?”) 😉
Anyhow, a nice way to end my Friday last week!
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